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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WmRAllen67" data-source="post: 3187866" data-attributes="member: 20456">I had the same experience last year at King Kong, and started a similar thread then...I agree that there are some movies that are inappropriate to take small children to-- King Kong is not appropriate for children that are not mentally mature enough to deal with the violence, the horrific worms and bugs in the canyon, or the emotional content associated with the death of Kong at the end. If the child is a "babe in arms", if you have to keep explaining the movie or urging your child to sit and watch the movie, if your child reacts poorly to strong emotional content, then you shouldn't take them. Saw 2, Hellraiser, the new Bond-- these are not movies that I would take the nephews (3 and 5 years) to...And, they are not movies that my brother and his wife would take their children to, either-- in fact, I don't think that the nephews have been to the movies yet-- they're not quite to the point that they can carry their involvement over that sort of timespan... when they do start to go to movies, I'm sure that for the first few years, the movies will be Curious George, Madagascar, Cars, or others like that-- movies that were produced with that audience in mind...On the other hand, we have taken them to "fine" restaurants on family outings-- and they've been fine. In fact we had a lot of fun taking pictures of all the family with Uncle Bill's camera (and also pictures of the table, the ceiling, the salad, people's foreheads). Otherwise, they sat and ate, made friends with the waitstaff, and if they were getting a bit rambunctious, one or other of us took them out into the hotel lobby and tried out all the couches, or stood at the door of the ballroom and watched the dancers at the marriage reception... and they got to go to Nana's 70th birthday, which was important to everyone...They go out to regular restaurants as well-- and know that if Mommy or Daddy start to count to three, then they better shape up, or they will be going out to the lobby for a "time out"...I think the point I'm trying to make is that it is the attitude of the parents that determines the behavior of the children-- you have to make the choice to raise your spawn to be respectful and polite, and you have to make that choice every day, over and over again... that some parents are not willing, or able to commit to that sort of involvement is unfortunate, but not necessarily new...Has personal rudeness in public increased? Perhaps, but in what way are you expecting people to act as if they were in your living room at the movie, as opposed to acting as if they were in their own? (If that makes any sense...)Not sure where else I was going to go with this-- it's early and I need more coffee...</blockquote>

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